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History of the Second World War

8: Rise of Mussolini Pt. 2 - March on Rome

History of the Second World War

Wesley Livesay

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.5626 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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In October 1922 the Fascists would take an important step, and they would stage a March on Rome. The results were as good as they could have possibly imagined. Website Patreon Twitter Facebook Discord Email: historyofthesecondworldwar@outlook.com Sources Fascism in Italian Historiography: In Search of an Individual Historical Identity by Emilio Gentile Fascism, Industrialism, and Socialism: The Case of Italy by Albert Szymanski The Fascist Revolution in Italy: A Brief History in Documents by Marla Stone The Fiftieth year of the "March on Rome": Recent Interpretations of Fascism by Charles Keserich Italian Intellectuals Under Fascism by Emiliana P. Noether The Meaning of Fascism in Italy: Fifty Years After the Fall by Philip V. Cannestraro, Claudio G. Segre, Alexander De Grand, and Furo Columbo Mussolini's Italy by R.J.B. Bosworth The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796 by Christopher Duggan The Seizure of Power: Fascism in Italy 1919-1929 by Adrian Lyttelton Austro-Marxist Interpretation of Fascism by Gerhard Botz The British Labour Press and Italian Fascism, 1922-25 by Charles Keserich Communist Theories of Fascism, 1920-1935 by John M. Cammett Fascinating Fascism by Jeffrey T. Schnapp Fascism and the French Revolution by George L. Mosse Fascism from below? A Comparative Perspective on the Japanese Right, 1931-1936 by Gregory J. Kasza Fascism, National Socialism and Conservatives in Europe, 1914-1945: Issues for Comparativists by Carl Levy Fascist Ideology: Territory and expansionism in Italy and Germany, 1922-1945 by Aristotle A. Kallis Fascists by Michael Mann The Five Stages of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton The Foreign Office and Fascism 1924-1929 by P.G. Edwards Introduction: The Genesis of Fascism by George L. Mosse How Not to Think about Fascism and Ideology, Intellectual Antecedents and Historical Meaning by David D. Roberts Interpretations of the Origins of Fascism by Roberto Vivarelli Italian Fascism: Whatever Happened to Dictatorship? by Paul Corner National Socialism: Totalitarianism or Fascism? by Wolfgang Sauer The Nature of Fascism by Roger Griffin The Origins and Nature of Fascism and Nazism in Europe by John Horne Pacifism, Feminism, and Fascism in Inter-War France by Sandi E. Cooper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Music Hello everyone and welcome to History of the Second World War episode 8,

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The Rise of Mussolini Part 2, The March on Rome.

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This week, a big thank you goes out to Diane and Carl for choosing to support this podcast

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plus special Patreon-only episodes released once a month.

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This month's episode is on the evolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy from its founding until the Washington

1:12.2

Naval Conference in 1921. If that sounds interesting to you, head on over to History of

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the Second World War.com slash members to find out more information. I would also like to remind

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everyone that for every episode of the podcast, I post a full transcript and a

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might interest you, you can head on over there for every episode to check it out.

1:39.7

As we discussed in detail last week, a generic definition for fascism is difficult to determine.

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Or, as Aristotle Callas would say, in fascist ideology, territory and expansionism in Italy and

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Germany, 1920 to 1945, quote, attempts to devise a generic ideological minimum of fascism

1:59.5

have stumbled upon two major objections. On the one hand,

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